Rudyard Kipling was the most popular English poet of the late nineteenth century. His writing expresses a variety of feelings and ideas. Kipling was born in Bombay, India on December 30, 1865. When he was young, he went to England to escape dangerous illnesses. Later in his life he was educated in England at United Services College. After the university, Kipling returned to India in 1882. As his job he worked for Anglo-Indian newspapers. He loved traveling, so he traveled around the world writing travel articles. After meeting Carrie Balestier, he married her. Kipling began his literary career with Departmental Ditties, a collection of poems, in 1886. On January 18, 1936, his and his wife’s 44th anniversary, Rudyard Kipling died of an ulcer.
-Gold Medal from the Royal Society of Literature in 1926
-First English writer to win a Nobel prize in Literature
-Accepted honorary degrees from several universities
-Refused a knighthood
Poems
If
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!
About this Poem:
-I enjoy this poem because it speaks it speaks of the qualities and skills needed to exceed in the world. I respect this poem and how it tells of a father speaking words of wisdom to his son.
-Poetic Devices Used: personification, metaphor, rhyme
-Rhyme Scheme: AAAABCB DEDEFGFG HIHIAJAJ AKAKLMLM
-There is no historical context.
-The theme is how you should act, behave, and react to certain situations to be successful.
Blue Roses
Roses red and roses white
Plucked I for my love's delight.
She would none of all my posies--
Bade me gather her blue roses.
Half the world I wandered through,
Seeking where such flowers grew.
Half the world unto my quest
Answered me with laugh and jest.
Home I came at wintertide,
But my silly love had died
Seeking with her latest breath
Roses from the arms of Death.
It may be beyond the grave
She shall find what she would have.
Mine was but an idle quest--
Roses white and red are best!
About this poem:
-II believe this poem is intrigiung by how many ways you can view it. I also find it interesting how the poem has somewhat of a giddy feel even though it is kind of tragic.
-Poetic Devices Udes: personification, rhyme
-Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGDD
-There is no historical context.
-The theme is you won't always have exactly what you want, but that doesn't mean you can't enjoy what you do have.
In Springtime
My garden blazes brightly with the rose-bush and the peach,
And the koil sings above it, in the siris by the well,
From the creeper-covered trellis comes the squirrel's chattering speech,
And the blue jay screams and flutters where the cheery sat-bhai dwell.
But the rose has lost its fragrance, and the koil's note is strange;
I am sick of endless sunshine, sick of blossom-burdened bough.
Give me back the leafless woodlands where the winds of Springtime range --
Give me back one day in England, for it's Spring in England now!
Through the pines the gusts are booming, o'er the brown fields blowing chill,
From the furrow of the ploughshare streams the fragrance of the loam,
And the hawk nests on the cliffside and the jackdaw in the hill,
And my heart is back in England 'mid the sights and sounds of Home.
But the garland of the sacrifice this wealth of rose and peach is,
Ah! koil, little koil, singing on the siris bough,
In my ears the knell of exile your ceaseless bell like speech is --
Can you tell me aught of England or of Spring in England now?
About this poem:
-I can connect with this poem because I agree with it. No matter how nice a place is, no place is better than home.
-Poetic Devices Used: personification, rhyme
-Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGDGD
-There is no historical context.
-The theme is that no place is like home, no matter how wonderful a place might be.
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling was the most popular English poet of the late nineteenth century. His writing expresses a variety of feelings and ideas. Kipling was born in Bombay, India on December 30, 1865. When he was young, he went to England to escape dangerous illnesses. Later in his life he was educated in England at United Services College. After the university, Kipling returned to India in 1882. As his job he worked for Anglo-Indian newspapers. He loved traveling, so he traveled around the world writing travel articles. After meeting Carrie Balestier, he married her. Kipling began his literary career with Departmental Ditties, a collection of poems, in 1886. On January 18, 1936, his and his wife’s 44th anniversary, Rudyard Kipling died of an ulcer.
Famous Works
Poetry:-Departmental Dities
-Barrack-room Ballads
-If
Books:
-The Jungle Book
-Kim
Awards
-Gold Medal from the Royal Society of Literature in 1926-First English writer to win a Nobel prize in Literature
-Accepted honorary degrees from several universities
-Refused a knighthood
Poems
If
If you can keep your head when all about youAre losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!
About this Poem:
-I enjoy this poem because it speaks it speaks of the qualities and skills needed to exceed in the world. I respect this poem and how it tells of a father speaking words of wisdom to his son.
-Poetic Devices Used: personification, metaphor, rhyme
-Rhyme Scheme: AAAABCB DEDEFGFG HIHIAJAJ AKAKLMLM
-There is no historical context.
-The theme is how you should act, behave, and react to certain situations to be successful.
Blue Roses
Roses red and roses white
Plucked I for my love's delight.
She would none of all my posies--
Bade me gather her blue roses.
Half the world I wandered through,
Seeking where such flowers grew.
Half the world unto my quest
Answered me with laugh and jest.
Home I came at wintertide,
But my silly love had died
Seeking with her latest breath
Roses from the arms of Death.
It may be beyond the grave
She shall find what she would have.
Mine was but an idle quest--
Roses white and red are best!
About this poem:
-II believe this poem is intrigiung by how many ways you can view it. I also find it interesting how the poem has somewhat of a giddy feel even though it is kind of tragic.
-Poetic Devices Udes: personification, rhyme
-Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGDD
-There is no historical context.
-The theme is you won't always have exactly what you want, but that doesn't mean you can't enjoy what you do have.
In Springtime
My garden blazes brightly with the rose-bush and the peach,
And the koil sings above it, in the siris by the well,
From the creeper-covered trellis comes the squirrel's chattering speech,
And the blue jay screams and flutters where the cheery sat-bhai dwell.
But the rose has lost its fragrance, and the koil's note is strange;
I am sick of endless sunshine, sick of blossom-burdened bough.
Give me back the leafless woodlands where the winds of Springtime range --
Give me back one day in England, for it's Spring in England now!
Through the pines the gusts are booming, o'er the brown fields blowing chill,
From the furrow of the ploughshare streams the fragrance of the loam,
And the hawk nests on the cliffside and the jackdaw in the hill,
And my heart is back in England 'mid the sights and sounds of Home.
But the garland of the sacrifice this wealth of rose and peach is,
Ah! koil, little koil, singing on the siris bough,
In my ears the knell of exile your ceaseless bell like speech is --
Can you tell me aught of England or of Spring in England now?
About this poem:
-I can connect with this poem because I agree with it. No matter how nice a place is, no place is better than home.-Poetic Devices Used: personification, rhyme
-Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGDGD
-There is no historical context.
-The theme is that no place is like home, no matter how wonderful a place might be.
Works Cited
"Blue Roses - Poem by Rudyard Kipling." Famous Poets and Poems - Read and Enjoy Poetry. Web. 02 Mar. 2010. <http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/rudyard_kipling/poems/20607>."'If', by Rudyard Kipling." .: Poems and Poets :. .: Classic Poetry, World's Largest Critical Poetry Forums, Poetry Links from Everypoet.com :. Web. 02 Mar. 2010. <http://www.everypoet.com/archive/poetry/Rudyard_Kipling/kipling_if.htm>.
"In Springtime - Poem by Rudyard Kipling." Famous Poets and Poems - Read and Enjoy Poetry. Web. 07 Mar. 2010. <http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/rudyard_kipling/poems/20707>.
Kipling, Rudyard. Captains Courageous. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1964. Print.
Kipling, Rudyard, Eileen Gillooly, and Jim Sharpe. Poetry for Young People: Rudyard Kipling. New York: Sterling, 2000. Print.
"Rudyard Kipling - Biography." Nobelprize.org. Web. 01 Mar. 2010. <http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1907/kipling-bio.html>.